Author: Trumbull White
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Category : World's Columbian Exposition
Languages : en
Pages : 644

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Author: Daniel Hudson Burnham
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Category : World's Columbian Exposition
Languages : en
Pages : 122

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Category : World's Columbian Exposition
Languages : en
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Author: Joseph M. Di Cola
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738594415
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 130

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What came to be known as the World s Columbian Exposition was planned to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus s 1492 landfall in the New World. Chicago beat out New York City, St. Louis, Missouri, and Washington, DC, in its bid as host a coup for the Windy City. The site finally selected for the fair was Jackson Park, originally designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, a marshy area covered with dense, wild vegetation. Daniel H. Burnham and John W. Root were selected as chief architects, creating the famous White City. The fair featured several different thematic areas: the Great Buildings, Foreign Buildings, State Buildings, and the Midway Plaisance, a nearly mile-long area that featured exotic exhibits. The exposition also showcased the world s first Ferris Wheel and introduced fairgoers to new sensations like Cracker Jack, Pabst Beer, and ragtime music. The World s Columbian Exposition, covering 633 acres, opened on May 1, 1893. Admission prices were 50cents for adults, 25cents for children under 12 years of age, and free for children under six. Unfortunately, by 1896, most of the fair s buildings had been removed or destroyed, but this collection takes readers on a tour of the grounds as they looked in 1893."

Author: Moses Purnell Handy
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 222

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Author: Trumbull White
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Category : Exhibitions
Languages : en
Pages : 666

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Author: Reid Larkin Neilson
Publisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 0195384032
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 239

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Reid L. Neilson provides the first examination of Latter-day Saint participation in the 1893 Columbian Exposition, which was a watershed moment in the Mormon migration to the American mainstream and its leadership's discovery of public relations efforts, and marked the dramatic reengagement of the LDS Church with the outside, non-Mormon world after decades of isolation in America's Great Basin desert.

Author: Rossiter Johnson
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Category : World's Columbian Exposition
Languages : en
Pages : 618

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Author: World's Columbian Exposition (1893
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781013361616
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Languages : en
Pages : 156

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: Stanley Appelbaum
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486130630
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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128 rare, vintage photographs: 200 buildings — 79 of foreign governments, 38 of U.S. states — the original ferris wheel, first midway, Edison's kinetoscope, much more. 128 black-and-white photographs. Captions. Map. Index.